GAVONI v. DOBBS HOUSE, INC.

Nos. 97-3806, 97-3875.

164 F.3d 1071 (1999)

Barbara A. GAVONI, Angela K. Rosendale, and Lela Renee Jordan, Plaintiffs-Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. DOBBS HOUSE, INC., Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 13, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Moran, Jr. (argued), D. Seth Holliday, Chicago, IL, James R. Koby, Parke, O'Flaherty, Ltd., LaCrosse, WI, for Plaintiffs-Appellants in No. 97-3806.

John T. Moran, Jr. (argued), Chicago, IL, James R. Koby, Elizabeth A. Wright, Parke, O'Flaherty, Ltd., LaCrosse, WI, for Plaintiffs-Appellees in No. 97-3875.

Robert M. Chemers, Edward B. Ruff, Scott L. Howie (argued), Pretzel & Stouffer, Chicago, IL, for Dobbs Houses, Inc. in No. 97-3806.

Scott L. Howie (argued), Pretzel & Stouffer, Chicago, IL, for Dobbs Houses, Inc. in No. 97-3875.

Before CUMMINGS, CUDAHY and FLAUM, Circuit Judges.


CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs, Barbara Gavoni, Angela Rosendale and Lela Jordan, worked together as manicurists and hair dressers at a salon in La Crosse, Wisconsin and attended a cosmetology convention at a Chicago-area hotel owned and operated by the defendant, Dobbs House. On the morning of March 29, 1993, the plaintiffs and another convention attendee boarded an elevator on the eighth floor hoping and expecting to go down to the lobby. Their hopes were...

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